Things Are Heating Up

Operative 999. Please read the following thoroughly.

Once you have committed the information to memory, dissolve this message in the provided receptacle with the provided solution. And then dissolve that receptacle and that bottle of solution in the second receptacle with the second solution. Once you have done that, dispose of the second receptacle and solution in the toilet of your hotel room, flush it once, and then leave the bathroom for at least 4 hours.

Your assignment:

You are to depart your room at 5am and assume the identity of Paul Trepps, the leader of a bird-watching tour for three men, triplets, otherwise known as the Brothers Korski.

Aside from being general fans of water fowl, our intel tells us that the Korski brothers are allies of the rogue general Jenny Jones, and know the location of her facility where her robo-spider-soldiers are being assembled.

While you are leading the three Korskis along the banks of a pond that is known to be replete with blue heron this time of year, you will offer each of them a Vremi insulated bottle filled with something that looks, smells, and tastes like lemon ginger tea but is actually a serum that will mellow their inhibitions, making them both serene and nonviolent as well as susceptible to answering any and all questions posed to them.

When they are in this state, you will need to extract the coordinates of the Jones compound.

Now, you yourself, so as not to arouse suspicion, will also be drinking from a Vremi, although yours will be filled with actual tea. It is important that you get the right one, to ensure you do not compromise yourself. To tell which is which, you need only smell each bottle discretely. As we’ve stated above, the Korskis should be given a lemon and ginger scented mixture. Yours, on the other hand, will be a spicy citrus blend. Also, while all of the Korskis’ bottles will be labeled with a ‘T’ on the lid, for ‘truth serum,’ yours will be marked with a ‘T’ for ‘tea.’

We know that you are likely concerned by some of the logistics of this mission, but please, allow us to reassure you of the most important detail: the tea, thanks to the Vremis’ construction, will stay hot!

Got luck, Operative 999. The world is counting on you.